Groups working to help vets find work

Hundreds of thousands of veterans across the U.S. are unemployed and having a tough time finding work in this economy.

But now, there's new local company specifically looking to hire veterans.

Tom Nolan knows computers and has years of experience in the workforce.

"I've got a five year plan out there like everybody else," Nolan said.

But now the Vietnam veteran finds himself looking for a new career.

"You got to really dig for them," Nolan said.

Nolan is one of 806,000 veterans in the United States looking for work, according to national statistics.

And while he's only been looking for a job for the last week, he said it's become a challenge.

Craig Blume can relate. He's a Vietnam vet, too.

Just last week, he began marketing his new company called 'Handy Vets,' which helps match veterans with short term construction jobs.

"I found that there is a great need of matching up veterans who were looking for employment and those people and there's a number of them that are out there that would like to give a veteran an opportunity," Blume said.

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